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That's really fool's gold. How did that work for this year?Quote:
Originally Posted by MaNuMaNiAc
Yeah, Manu had a career season in the regular season, but he was spent when it mattered the most.
You know, I actually think this will force Pop to actually look hard out there for another energy guy (Delfino perhaps?, Pargo?), and to rebuild the bench with more scoring options, so he can rest Manu, Tony and TD more.
Wow... Are you sure you're from Argentina ?Quote:
Originally Posted by MaNuMaNiAc
I am french and i will root for Argentina !
Manu shouldn't even attempt the olympics.
Not only does he need his offseason rest...but...who the fuck is going to be Team USA?? Not Argentina.
i am Uruguayan and i will be rooting for Argentina too...Quote:
Originally Posted by timaios
For all the suck ups not wanting manu to go.. just remember we win a championship every time he comes back form intl competition... just suck it and stop drinking :whine
:nope:nope:nope:nope:nope:nope:nope:nopeQuote:
Originally Posted by MaNuMaNiAc
Argentina JJOO Gold medal > Spurs (Manu/Fabri) NBA Champs.
I am glad Gino will be in the Olympics.
I am rooting for him, as always. :)
For some reason, that's the only thing i will ever expect from him. Nothing more, nothing less.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tek_XX
there is no way Manu misses the Olympics. Ok, only way would be if he steps on a land mine.
This is his last chance ever and to Manu, Olympics is >>>> any NBA championship.
I wish he would just retire from olympic team. retire on top because Argentina has no chance to get the gold this time.
There's no way Manu should miss the Olympics, and any Spurs fan who thinks he should is being selfish as hell. Besides, I can't wait to see them play (although I'm sure it will have to be off torrents since our Olympic coverage is shit in the US).
Yeah Argentina vs USA should be damn good tv.
Manu will avenge to Kobe in the Olympics!
when Kobe was hugging him after the game i think he told him something like "see you at the olympics" Manu will backfire then... i am so sure... :toastQuote:
Originally Posted by hater
Usually I understand and even root for Manu in the Olympics. But this year is different. While the Spurs' poor play wasn't all Manu's fault, I honestly believe a 100% healthy Manu would have meant championship #5.
And after the MRI on his ankle only showed a bruise and the same tendinitis he's had since 2002, it's pretty fair to say that fatigue played a large role in Manu's demise. Maybe it was 50/50 fatigue and ankle ... maybe even more on the fatigue side.
Anyways, he's on the other side of 30 now and it's going to be damn tough for him to go from his current state, to the Olympics, to the regular season and then still have gas for the 2009 playoffs. I just doesn't compute.
The only way it might work is if Manu plays like 25 minutes a game during the regular season next year. Pop and Manu should also invent an injury to keep him out a month or two in the middle of the season.
If Manu is going to put the Olympics ahead of the Spurs, which is his right and the Spurs knew that when they drafted him, there is going to have to be some extreme measures taken to make sure a repeat of 2008 playoffs doesn't take place. In all honesty, Manu hasn't peaked in the playoffs since 2005. Since then, his best basketball has come in the regular season. 2009 playoffs must be different for the Spurs to have a chance. If that means 20 minutes per game and only playing 40 games, that's what has to be done.
If you play him only 20 minutes a game all season long, how exactly do you think his stamina is going to be upheld when he has to play 38-42 minutes in the postseason every other night?
Gotta love those stomach viruses... they can last for weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
Ginobili still only averaged 30-33 minutes in the playoffs. But what you do is you gradually start upping his minutes late in the season. The last few weeks of the season, you play him 32-35 minutes a game just to warm him up.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1Parker1
If the Spurs keep running Ginbobili into the ground, there will never be a championship number five. Ginobili and Pop need to figure it out ... especially when he's going to be using a percentage of his fuel reserves in the Olympics.
In the finals please! not before :(Quote:
Originally Posted by T Park
Yeah I've said since day 1 that they've come over, the international extra curricular activities need to stop.
I think this is his last time (maybe)Quote:
Originally Posted by T Park
Is hard to say goodbye to that team.
Sorry to say, but if Im Peter Holt I tell manu, look, rest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cherry
No Olympics, but thats how its gotta be. He won't though.
I would not call it selfish. The Spurs are the organization that pay him to perform, and they want to protect their investment.Quote:
Originally Posted by baseline bum
The thread that unites us all is that we are all Spurs fans...Quote:
Originally Posted by chaco
Pop told Manu to rest last year but the deal was let him play in the olympics this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by T Park
There is no way Spurs told Manu not to play the Olympics. It's damn too important for him.
Manu playing the Olympics isn't the perfect scenario for Spurs and the 2008-2009 season but they had to deal with that.
As timvp said, Spurs will have to give him a lot of rests during the regular season but to do that they will need to get a quite good offensive swingman this summer. The west will damn though next year, Spurs will have to find a way to rest Manu without missing the playoffs.
Manu was horrible this year. Yeah, he had some highlights, but that's it. The Spurs got just to where they should be and were quickly disposed of.
The Spurs need to change that position. Manu is no longer a threat. AT ALL.
He should be traded immediately.
Once Manu puts on that Argentina jersey he is on an opposing team and thus the enemy. I hope Argentina is out as soon as possible and the USA takes the gold.
But he is being a selfish prick for not resting up.